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What is Fexofenadine?

Fexofenadine is an allergy medicine taken for seasonal allergies and hives, to relieve symptoms like itchy eyes, runny nose, and sneezing. Unlike some other allergy medication fexofenadine does not cause drowsiness and driving is not contraindicated.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Allergies 18 0
Other 12 3
Seasonal allergies 11 3
General health 3 1
Headaches 2 0
sinus congestion 2 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
1 14%
None
6 86%

Most commonly reported side effects

Jittery feeling
1 14%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

  30mg as needed 60mg as needed daily mg as needed 50 mg daily 60 mg daily 100 mg daily 120 mg daily 180 mg daily 360 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 4 Number of Patients: 4 29 Number of Patients: 29 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fexofenadine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work
1 33% Did not seem to work: 33%
Expense
1 33% Expense: 33%
Other
1 33% Other: 33%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped taking Fexofenadine

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fexofenadine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
3
0
5
6
13

Stopped Taking Fexofenadine

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
0
0
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
6 86%
Usually
0 0%
Sometimes
1 14%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
2 29%
Not at all
5 71%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
1 14%
< $25
5 71%

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Report created on November 21, 2009.